What are the Nuts? Your final hand consists of five cards. You can choose the best combination from your two pocket cards and the five community cards. To determine the strength of your hand you have to know which is the best possible hand (the nuts) and how many possible hands can beat your hand. To identify the nuts you start with best hand (royal flush) and go the list downward, eliminating the impossible hands.
- Are there three cards of the same suit higher or equal a ten = possible Royal Flush?
e.g.   
here   gives someone a Royal Flush.
If no ==> go to step 2
- Are there three cards of the same suit within five ranks of another = possible Straight Flush?
e.g.   
here   or  gives someone a Straight Flush.
If no ==> go to step 3
- Is there a pair on the board = possible Four of a kind (4oak) or Full House?
e.g.
here   is a 4oak
and   or   or  are possible Full Houses
If no ==> go to step 4
- Are there three cards if the same suit without a pair on the board = possible Flush?
e.g.
here  is the nut Flush
 would be the second nut Flush and so on
If no ==> go to step 5
- Are there three cards within five ranks of another (and none of above) = possible Straight?
If the highest card on an unpared board is a jack or lower, a straight will always be possible !
e.g. 
here any combination of a ten and a nine will be the nut straight:
or 
If no ==> go to step 6
- The board is not paired and there is no flush or straight possible. Now a set of the highest board card is the nut hand.
e.g 
Here a set of queens is the nuts.
Sometimes a card you hold is ruling out the possibility of a better hand. Example: You have a flush with The board would allow a Straight Flush with But as you are holding the noone can have a Straight Flush. Therefore you are holding the nuts. Summary You should always be able to identify the nut hand. This will help you making the right decisions in difficult situations.
Last update : 25-10-2007 22:58
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